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SUMMARY:Knowing Together - Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Seminar on September 19\, 2018 to learn about Knowing Together\, a project by Rosalie Yu\, Creative Technologist at the Brown Institute. In the past Yu has worked with 3D capturing techniques to explore the limits of perception and memory\, to reflect upon archiving practices\, to transform everyday experience through rituals\, and to interrogate the process of capturing depth in photography. She will share her recent projects examining these concerns within larger cultural narratives like the long\, exploitative history of colonial sugar production and the complex dynamics of physical intimacy in East Asian culture. Sign-up and more info here. \n\nKnowing Together is a workshop and exhibition on collaborative 3D photography and embodied experience hosted and supported by the 2018 Myers Fund at EdLab Teachers College in collaboration with Rosalie Yu.  \n 
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/knowing-together-seminar/
LOCATION:The Smith Learning Theater | Teachers College\, 525 West 120th Street Russell Hall 4th floor\, New York City\, NY\, 10027\, United States
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SUMMARY:Brown Institute & Tow Center Welcome Mixer
DESCRIPTION:The Brown Institute and Tow Center serve as a digital hub at the school\, researching and building the future of journalism. Join us in the Brown Institute to meet with researchers and staff\, and learn more about the various opportunities and offerings afforded to students during their time at the Journalism School as well as upon graduation. \nNibbles and drinks will be provided.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/brown-institute-tow-center-welcome-mixer/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Info Sessions
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SUMMARY:Distinguished Lectures in Computational Innovation: Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup
DESCRIPTION:At 4:00 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month in the Brown Institute for Media Innovation (2nd Floor\, Pulitzer Hall)\, the Distinguished Lectures in Computational Innovation series will highlight programmers\, data scientists\, and other practitioners from the private sector who lead cutting-edge technology initiatives such as Python\, C++\, and the Open Source Initiative. \nThe first of the Distinguished Lecture series features Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup\, Managing Director\, Technology Division\, Morgan Stanley; Visiting Professor\, Department of Computer Science\, Columbia University who will discuss C++: An Invisible Foundation. \nC++ is one of the key foundations of our software. It is invisible to most people because they use it only indirectly. It’s in your computer and your phone. It’s in the machines that manufacture\, your computer\, and your phone. It’s in most cars\, including all the self-driving ones. It’s on Mars\, and in deep sea-robots. It’s what runs your Java virtual machine and your Python AI/ML scripts. \nIn this Distinguished Lecture\, Dr. Stroustrup will briefly explain what technical aspects of C++ makes it so useful. He will focus on design principles\, but also touch upon resource management and what it takes to be efficient in various contexts. Finally\, he will comment on the challenges facing the C++ community. \nThe event will include a presentation\, Question & Answer session\, and post-event networking reception. All Columbia University students\, faculty\, postdocs\, and administrators are welcome to register and attend these events. The Foundations for Research Computing program is proud to partner with the Data Science Institute and the Brown Institute for Media Innovation for this Distinguished Lectures series. \nRegister Here \n\nAbout Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup \nDr. Bjarne Stroustrup is the designer and original implementer of C++ as well as the author of The C++ Programming Language (Fourth Edition)\, A Tour of C++\, Programming: Principles and Practice using C++ (Second Edition)\, and many popular and academic publications. Dr. Stroustrup is a Managing Director in the technology division of Morgan Stanley in New York City as well as a visiting professor in Columbia University’s Department of Computer Science. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering\, and an IEEE\, ACM\, and CHM fellow. He received the 2018 Charles Stark Draper Prize\, the IEEE Computer Society’s 2018 Computer Pioneer Award\, and the 2017 IET Faraday Medal. His research interests include distributed systems\, design\, programming techniques\, software development tools\, and programming languages. He is actively involved in the ISO standardization of C++. He holds a master’s degree in mathematics from Aarhus University\, where he is an honorary professor\, and a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Cambridge\, where he is an honorary fellow of Churchill College.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/distinguished-lectures-in-computational-innovation/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Lecture Series
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SUMMARY:Journocoders NYC
DESCRIPTION:Journocoders NYC is a monthly meetup for journalists and others working in the media to learn and share technical skills for use in their reporting. That might be data analysis as part of an investigation\, scraping data from government websites\, building data visualisations to better tell a story\, or something else entirely. \nThis month Journocoders NYC will be hopping on the virtual reality bandwagon\, learning how to create a 3D VR simulation of the surface of Mars. \nWe’ll be following a tutorial written by Armand Emamdjomeh of the LA Times. When you finish\, you’ll basically have a simplified version of the publication’s “Discovering Gale Crater” (http://graphics.latimes.com/mars-gale-crater-vr/) interactive. You’ll also have a taste of what Three.js (http://threejs.org) can do. \nMake sure to bring a laptop along (Mac or Linux machines are preferable\, but Windows is ok too) as this will be a practical\, hands-on workshop. No programming experience is required\, but we strongly recommend having a grasp of HTML and JavaScript fundamentals. Codecademy has good introductory tutorials (https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-html). \nOh\, and make sure to join the collaborative doc (https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/Journocoders-NYC-September-2018–AKu3yV6i2_bgM5O7FQA5rXdVAQ-oLWdOROS0B8tiSgYnwO7p) for the event! \nThis event is kindly hosted by the Brown Institute at Columbia Journalism School\, and refreshments are sponsored by The Wall Street Journal. \nSchedule: \n7.00: Doors open \n7.30: Show & tell \n7.40: Tutorial \n9.00: Drinks! \nRSVP HERE
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/journocoders-nyc-2/
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SUMMARY:An Introduction to Public Data
DESCRIPTION:On September 6\, from 9am-5pm\, the Brown Institute is proud to host a day devoted to public data. It is designed for students in journalism\, statistics and data science — essentially anyone who has an interest in understanding their neighborhoods\, their cities\, their state and even the nation through data. Throughout the day\, students will learn about what data are available and why. What might be missing and why. And how data are used to answer hard questions about who we are and how we live. The day is divided between data publishers and consumers\, ending with a panel specifically designed for journalists. A rough schedule is outlined below. Register at http://brwn.co/datatix \n09:00-09:15 Opening Remarks \n09:15-10:30 Keynote Discussion \nNancy Potok\, Chief Statistician of the United States\, interviewed by Margo Anderson\, historian of statistics\, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee \n10:30-10:45 Break \n10:45-12:15 NYC Panel \nLocal government produces a large number of data products for the public\, ranging from surveys—like the Housing Vacancy Survey and the Community Health Survey—to administrative records—like CompStat crime reports and school report cards. This panel consists of the major data providers in New York City who will introduce some of the data products that are important for data journalists and data scientists investigating New York City. The panelists will discuss some common pitfalls public-data users should watch out for\, and provide advice and resources (such as online tools) for using these datasets responsibly. \nJoe Salvo\, Head of the Population Division at the Department of City Planning \nElyzabeth Gaumer\, Assistant Commissioner for Research & Evaluation for the Department of Housing Preservation & Development \nKinjia Hinterland\, Director of Data Communications at the Department of Health and Mental and Hygiene \n12:15-01:30 Lunch \n01:30-02:00 Keynote Talk \nJeffrey Chen\, Chief Innovation Officer for the Bureau of Economic Analysis\, part of the Department of Commerce. \n02:00-03:30 A Research View \nThe digital revolution has vastly expanded the quantity and quality of data collected by government. New surveys and Freedom of Information/Open Data laws have helped put this data in the hands of data journalists and data scientists. From the Census FactFinder and BEA realtime GDP to school report cards and participatory budgeting\, the public is privy to more government information and decision making than ever before. \nAt the same time\, data has made policy far more complex\, enabling computer algorithms to make complicated decisions about complex topics like redistricting and recidivism. Has public data truly increased transparency and accountability? Is policy more or less accessible to journalists and the public? This panel will rate the current state of government data\, provide an academic context for journalists and data scientists\, and anticipate the future of public data. \nEster Fuchs\, Urban and Social Policy Program\, Columbia SIPA \nAndrew Young\, NYU’s Governance Lab \nJohn Mollenkopf\, Center for Urban Research at the CUNY Graduate Center \n03:30-03:45 Break \n03:45-05:15 Journalism Finale \nWe close the day with a panel of data journalists who will examine how they find and tell stories using public data. These are important lessons for aspiring data journalists and data scientists. Why were the data collected? What were the incentives and motivations behind its collection? How was it collected? How has it been used before? And are there any gaps — who is not being counted? Five practicing data journalists will share their experiences. \nTom Meagher\, The Marshall Project \nSarah Ryley\, The Trace \nTom McGinty\, The Wall Street Journal \nAnnie Waldman\, ProPublica \nLaura Bliss\, CityLab\, The Atlantic \n\nShort Bios \nMargo Anderson is Distinguished Professor Emerita [ History & Urban Studies] at the University of Wisconson – Milwaukee. She specializes in American social\, urban and women’s history and has research interests in both urban history and the history of the social sciences and the development of statistical data systems\, particularly the census. Her publications include the second edition of The American Census: A Social History (Yale University Press\, 2015); Encyclopedia of the U.S. Census: From the Constitution to the American Community Survey (ACS)\, 2d ed. (Washington\, D.C.: CQ Press\, 2011)\, coedited with Constance F. Citro and Joseph J. Salvo; and a co-edited volume with Victor Greene\, Perspectives on Milwaukee’s Past (University of Illinois Press\, 2009). With UWM Professor Amanda Seligman\, she is Lead Editor of the Encyclopedia of Milwaukee\, https://emke.uwm.edu.  In 2006 she served as the President of the Social Science History Association. \n—  \nJonathan Auerbach is a PhD candidate in Columbia University’s Statistics Department. Prior to joining the program\, he was a researcher at CUNY’s Center for Urban Research and an analyst at New York City’s legislature\, the City Council. His interests include public policy and statistical methodology.\n—  \nLaura Bliss is an award-winning staff writer at The Atlantic‘s CityLab\, covering urban politics and policy with a focus on transportation. She also authors MapLab\, a biweekly newsletter about maps. Her work has appeared in the New York Times\, The Atlantic\, Mother Jones\, Los Angeles magazine\, GOOD\, and beyond. She tweets @mslaurabliss.\n—  \nCraig Campbell is a Special Advisor at the Mayor’s Office of Data Analytics\, where he supports strategic communications and policy development for the NYC Open Data and NYC Analytics programs. Prior to working in local government\, he researched trends in municipal data analytics and government technology at the Harvard Kennedy School\, where he supported a variety of national policy networks and research programs at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. He holds a degree in architecture and mathematics from Amherst College.\n—  \nJeff Chen is a statistician and data science leader\, currently serving as the Chief Innovation Officer of the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In this role\, he is responsible for integrating innovations in data science and machine learning to improve measurement of the US economy.  He has extensive experience in launching and leading data science initiatives in over 40 domains and working with diverse stakeholders such as firefighters\, economists\, climatologists\, and technologists. Previously\, he served as the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Chief Data Scientist; a White House Presidential Innovation Fellow with NASA and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy focused on data science for the environment; the first Director of Analytics at the NYC Fire Department where he engineered pioneering algorithms for fire prediction; and was among the first data scientists at the NYC Mayor’s Office of Operations during the Bloomberg Administration. Jeff started his career as an econometrician at an engineering consultancy where he developed forecasting and prediction models supporting large-scale infrastructure investment projects. In the evenings\, he is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy where he teaches a graduate course on data science. He holds a B.A. in economics from Tufts University and a M.A. in Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences from Columbia University.\n—  \nEster R. Fuchs is Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science and Director of the Urban and Social Policy Program at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. She previously chaired Urban Studies at Barnard and Columbia Colleges. Fuchs serves as Director ofWhosontheballot.org\, an online voter engagement initiative. Fuchs is also a member of the Faculty Steering Committee of the Eric Holder Initiative for Civil and Political Rights\, the Columbia Provost’s Just Societies Task Force\, the Columbia’s Data Science Institute and its Smart Cities Center. She recently received the Bella Abzug Leadership Award\, the City & State Above & Beyond Exceptional New York Women Award for Education and an Award for Outstanding Teaching at SIPA. \nFuchs academic research is in urban politics and policy\, American parties and elections\, workforce development\, smart cities and urban environmental sustainability policy. Fuchs served as Special Advisor to the Mayor for Governance and Strategic Planning under New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg from 2001 to 2005.  And was the first woman to chair a NYC Charter Revision Commission in2005. Fuchs serves on numerous boards\, advises businesses and political campaigns and is frequent political commentator on TV\, radio and new media.  Fuchs received a BA from Queens College\, CUNY; an MA from Brown University and PhD in Political Science from the University of Chicago.\n—  \nElyzabeth Gaumer is Assistant Commissioner of Research and Evaluation at the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development where she leads the agency’s efforts to evaluate the impact of City-sponsored programs and policies on families and neighborhoods and promote evidence-based policymaking. She represents HPD’s various research activities to a broad range of policy stakeholders at the local and national levels and acts as advisor and contributor to several inter-agency research efforts and working groups. Gaumer is co-Principal Investigator for the Housing and Neighborhood Study (HANS)\, a randomized control trial jointly led by HPD and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn at Columbia University that evaluates the impact of affordable housing on the health and well-being of low-income New Yorkers. Since 2014\, she has also been the Survey Director for the New York City Housing and Vacancy Survey (NYC HVS)\, the City’s representative survey of the housing stock and population conducted every three years by the US Census Bureau. Her own research interests include rent regulation\, neighborhood effects\, age stratification in urban areas\, and use of paradata to refine survey design and operations.\n—  \nKinjia Hinterland\, MPH\, has over 10 years of experience at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and currently serves as the Director of the Data Communications Unit in the Bureau of Epidemiology Services. The Unit is dedicated to effectively communicating health-related data to inform public health policy and programs in NYC. The Data Communications team works with programs across the Health Department to make data available via ongoing publication series\, special reports\, and EpiQuery\, the interactive data analysis tool. The team’s mission is to fulfill community data needs by providing accessible information to audiences with an interest in public health data. Ms. Hinterland received her Master of Public Health degree from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health\, with a concentration in Sociomedical Sciences. She tweets @kinjiah.\n—  \nTom McGinty is a reporter/editor on The Wall Street Journal’s investigative-reporting team. He joined The Journal in 2008. Previously\, he was a reporter on the investigative team of Newsday\, Long Island’s daily newspaper\, from 2001 through 2007. He previously was the training director of Investigative Reporters and Editors and the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting. He was part of a Wall Street Journal team that won a Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in 2015 for a series on abuses in Medicare\, as well as a Gerald Loeb Award and an Investigative Reporters and Editors Freedom of Information Award for the same coverage. He tweets @mcgint. \n—  \nTom Meagher is the deputy managing editor of The Marshall Project\, a nonprofit news organization dedicated to covering criminal justice in America. A veteran reporter and editor\, he previously led an interactive team for the Digital First Media newspaper chain and was the data editor at the Newark Star-Ledger. His reporting at The Marshall Project has won several honors\, including a Data Journalism Award for a piece examining changing crime trends. He co-founded Hack Jersey\, a group that brings journalists and developers together to work on open source news projects\, and he helped to organize the first Open Data Summit in the state of New Jersey. He tweets @ultracasual.\n—  \nJohn Mollenkopf is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology the CUNY Graduate Center and directs its Center for Urban Research.  He has published eighteen books on urban politics\, urban policy\, and race\, ethnicity\, and immigration. His current research analyzes how the rise of new immigrant communities has reshaped electoral politics in New York City since 2001.  He and colleagues at the Center for Urban Research have worked extensively with many large administrative databases\, including the voter registration and voter history files\, Homeless Services application files\, and administrative records from the Housing Recovery Office’s Build It Back program.  Much of their analysis involves matching different files\, geocoding the data\, and mapping the results. CUR also maintains the Oasis on-line mapping system for New York City at http://www.oasisnyc.net/.\n—  \nDr. Nancy Potok is Chief Statistician of the United States at OMB. She previously served as Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. Census Bureau. Dr. Potok has over 30 years of leadership experience in the public\, non-profit\, and private sectors.  She served as Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Affairs at the US Department of Commerce; Principal Associate Director and CFO at the Census Bureau; Senior Vice President for Economic\, Labor\, and Population Studies at NORC at the University of Chicago; and Chief Operating Officer at McManis & Monsalve Associates\,  a business analytics consulting firm. She is an adjunct professor at the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration and a senior fellow at the Center for Excellence in Public Leadership at The George Washington University. She is the recipient of the Presidential Rank Award\, the Secretary of Commerce Gold Medal and Silver Medal for outstanding achievements\, the Arthur S. Flemming Award\, the Enterprise Risk Manager of the Year Award given by the Association for Federal Enterprise Risk Management\, and the Distinguished Alumni Award from The George Washington University. Dr. Potok is a member of the American Statistical Association\, an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) and serves on the Board of Trustees for the Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics at UCLA.  She received her Ph.D. in public policy and public administration at The George Washington University.\n—  \nSarah Ryley is an investigative reporter at The Trace\, a non-profit news outlet that covers gun issues. Prior to joining The Trace\, she was an investigative reporter and editor at the New York Daily News. Her work there primarily focused on criminal justice and was the catalyst for numerous reforms. Her investigation on the NYPD’s abuse of eviction laws\, done in partnership with ProPublica\, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2017. She tweets @MissRyley.\n—  \nJoseph J. Salvo is Director of the Population Division at the New York City Department of City Planning. The Population Division serves as the city’s in-house demographic consultant\, providing expertise to agencies on applications involving assessments of need\, program planning and targeting\, and policy formulation. He has testified before Congress\, and served as an advisor to the Census Bureau and the National Academy of Sciences. He has co-authored articles on settlement patterns of race/ethnic groups\, census methods\, and survey evaluation. Dr. Salvo is presently leading a team making technical preparations for the 2020 Census and is active nationally in promoting the use of methods that will provide a more accurate count of the city’s population. He received M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Fordham University\, is a recipient of the Sloan Public Service Award from the Fund for the City of New York\, and a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. NYC’s Dept. of City Planning tweets @NYCPlanning.\n—  \nAnnie Waldman is a staff reporter at ProPublica\, with a focus on data\, education and healthcare. She was part of the ProPublica-NPR team that investigated the United States’ maternal mortality rates\, a series of stories that was a finalist for a 2018 Pulitzer Prize in explanatory reporting. \nShe has been a finalist twice and won two awards from the Education Writers Association for her education reporting. She has won an award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and was a finalist for the Loeb Awards for her reporting with Paul Kiel and Al Shaw on the racial disparity of wage garnishment. A piece she published with The New York Times on a New Jersey student debt agency prompted a new law and several new bills\, aimed at increasing consumer protections for student borrowers and their families. Following her reporting on the largest accreditor of for-profit colleges\, the U.S. Department of Education stripped the agency of its powers. \nPrior to joining ProPublica\, she was a recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to Israel\, where she reported on the plight of refugees from Darfur and Eritrea. She had a documentary film in the 2009 Sundance Film Festival\, on the lives of homeless high school students after Hurricane Katrina\, which was later broadcast nationally on PBS\, and recently produced a documentary film that premiered at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival on adolescence in rural industrial towns. \nShe graduated with honors from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia\, where she was the recipient of the Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship and the Brown Institute Computational Journalism Award. Her stories have been published in The New York Times\, the Atlantic\, Vice\, BBC News\, The Chronicle of Higher Education and Consumer Reports. She tweets @AnnieWaldman.\n—  \nAndrew Young is the Knowledge Director at The GovLab\, where he leads research efforts focusing on the impact of technology on public institutions. Among the grant-funded projects he has directed are a global assessment of the impact of open government data; comparative benchmarking of government innovation efforts against those of other countries; a methodology for leveraging corporate data to benefit the public good; and crafting the experimental design for testing the adoption of technology innovations in federal agencies. Andrew has authored or co-authored a number of extended works on new approaches for improving governance with technology\, including the books The Global Impact of Open Data and Open Data in Developing Economies. His writings can be found in Harvard Business Review\, Stanford Social Innovation Review\, GrantCraft\, and Governing\, among others. He tweets @_AndrewYoung.  \n\nLinks to tools and datasets mentioned during the day\n \nAmerican FactFinder \nLongitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics  \nNYC Population FactFinder \nMap Reliability Calculator \nNew York City Housing and Vacancy Survey \nEpiQuery \nNYC Community Health Survey \nNew York City Community Health Profiles \nWho’s on the Ballot? \nOasisNYC.net
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/an-introduction-to-public-data/
LOCATION:Lecture Hall\, Pulitzer Hall\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
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SUMMARY:Journocoders NYC
DESCRIPTION:Journocoders NYC is a monthly meetup for journalists and others working in the media to learn and share technical skills for use in their reporting. That might be data analysis as part of an investigation\, scraping data from government websites\, building data visualisations to better tell a story\, or something else entirely. \nRSVP HERE  \nFor the second Journocoders NYC\, we’ll be learning how to use open source cartography software QGIS (https://qgis.org/)\, which is used in newsrooms across the country for structuring and making sense of spatial data – i.e.\, making maps. \nBring a laptop as this will be a hands-on\, practical workshop. We’ll be following a tutorial taught at Columbia University (http://pointsunknown.nyc/tutorials/03_PointData.html) that walks through mapping 3-1-1 calls in New York. No programming experience is needed. \nBecause QGIS is a hefty piece of software\, please download ahead of time from https://qgis.org/. If you’re using a Mac\, please note that you need to install multiple items. Simply follow the instructions included in the package and you should be fine. Also\, if you choose to install V3 and you’re on a Mac\, you’ll need to have Python 3.6 running on your machine. Instructions for that process can be found at https://docs.python-guide.org/starting/install3/osx/. If you have any installation questions or problems\, we can help you in the Brown Institute before Journocoders starts. \nMake sure you’re signed up to Dropbox to view our shared doc (https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/Journocoders-NYC-July-2018–AJeaIgmG1T__PmGKGpLs12sMAQ-qd4G07Ox1iXIyrBxnXCzd) and add links to anything data or journalism-related you’ve seen or worked on to the “show and tell” section! \nThis event is kindly hosted by the Brown Institute at Columbia Journalism School\, and refreshments are sponsored by The Wall Street Journal. \nSchedule: \n7.00: Doors open\n7.30: Show & tell\n7.40: Tutorial\n9.00: Drinks!
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/journocoders-nyc/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
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SUMMARY:Disinformation Online:  Ethics\, Research\, and Solutions
DESCRIPTION:The Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School; Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Columbia Journalism School; Technology\, Media\, and Communications specialization at the School of International and Public Affairs; and Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy at Columbia University are hosting a conference to exchange and discuss ideas about ethics\, research\, and solutions on disinformation online.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/disinformation-online-ethics-research-and-solutions/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180712T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180712T213000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20180703T144354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180713T000443Z
UID:2576-1531422000-1531431000@brown.stanford.edu
SUMMARY:Journocoders
DESCRIPTION:For the second Journocoders NYC\, we’ll be exploring the web-based coding notebook service Observable. This is a fairly new online platform\, but Observable notebooks are already being used to produce lightweight interactive explainers and live code samples. If you’ve ever used Jupyter Notebooks\, Observable may feel familiar – except that it’s for JavaScript code instead of Python. \nBring a laptop as this will be a hands-on\, practical workshop. We’ll be following Mike Bostock’s series of introductory tutorials\, which are themselves written in Observable notebooks. No programming experience is needed\, although if you haven’t written JavaScript before we recommend going through Introduction to JavaScript on Codecademy. \nMake sure you’re signed up to Dropbox to view our shared doc (https://paper.dropbox.com/doc/Journocoders-NYC-July-2018-hPMuUxeelka8Dtm61RQF2) and add links to anything data or journalism-related you’ve seen or worked on to the show and tell section! \nThis event is kindly hosted by the Brown Institute at Columbia Journalism School\, and refreshments are sponsored by The Wall Street Journal. \nSchedule: \n7.00: Doors open\n7.30: Show & tell\n7.40: Tutorial\n9.00: Drinks!
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/journocoders/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Trainings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180515T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180515T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20180425T222114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180425T222114Z
UID:2401-1526405400-1526410800@brown.stanford.edu
SUMMARY:Innovation has nothing to do with tech: Optimizing for Trust in Journalism
DESCRIPTION:RSVP HERE \nWhat would a news organization look like if it was optimized for user trust? Getting there will take innovation\, but not primarily the kind that involves new tech. Jay Rosen will spell out what he means by “optimizing for trust\,” and suggest the kind of innovation required\, much of which involves new forms of newsroom transparency. \nJay Rosen has been teaching journalism at New York University since 1986. From 1999 to 2005 he served as chair of the program. Rosen is the author of PressThink\, a blog about journalism and its ordeals (www.pressthink.org)\, which he introduced in September 2003. In 1999\, Yale University Press published his book\, What Are Journalists For?\, which is about the rise of the civic journalism movement during the pre-internet era. In 2008 he was the co-publisher\, with Arianna Huffington\, of OffTheBus.net\, which allowed anyone who was interested to sign up and contribute to campaign coverage for the Huffington Post. He is currently serving as “ambassador” to the American market for the Dutch site\, De Correspondent as it looks to expand to the U.S. In 2017 he became director of the Membership Puzzle Project\, funded by the Knight Foundation and Democracy Fund. It studies membership models for sustainability in news. Rosen is also an active press critic with a focus on problems in the coverage of politics. On Twitter he is @jayrosen_nyu.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/innovation-has-nothing-to-do-with-tech-optimizing-for-trust-in-journalism/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Stanford\, 355 Serra Mall\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305
CATEGORIES:Media Innovators Speakers Series
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Stanford":MAILTO:brown_institute@stanford.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180503T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180503T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20180426T145108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180426T145108Z
UID:2408-1525352400-1525363200@brown.stanford.edu
SUMMARY:Alternative Capturing Techniques for 3D Storytelling
DESCRIPTION:The Brown Institute is pleased to announce another training session related to Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) — this one is brought to you by our own Rosalie Yu. \nAlternative Capturing Techniques for 3D Storytelling \nWhat can our phone cameras capture besides 2D images? \nHow can you reconstruct a world in 3D using these images? \nHow can these alternative capturing techniques add new dimensions to your stories? \n3D scanning has already proved to be a useful tool in a variety of fields such as urban planning\, museum archiving\, game design\, landscape surveying\, and forensic documentation. As the technology continues to progress and enter new fields\, new applications for the technology continue to emerge\, as well. Techniques such as photogrammetry* have already been used for storytelling in AR\, VR\, and even physical media such as 3D prints. \nIn this workshop\, we will introduce students to the techniques\, affordances\, and future promise of 3D scanning. You will learn to use your camera phone and low cost infrared sensors to create 3D models for immersive visual experiences. No prior 3D experience is required to attend. \nThe workshop will take place on Thursday 5/3 from 1pm to 4pm. \nBring your own object and we will turn it into a 3D digital model. You will walk away from the workshop with: \na basic understanding of the hardware and software for photogrammetry and infrared technology \na workflow to use browser (SketchFab) and AR platforms for hosting and annotating 3D assets. \nTo sign up\, please fill in your information at this link and contact Rosalie (hy2514@columbia.edu) if you have any further questions.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/alternative-capturing-techniques-for-3d-storytelling/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Trainings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180413T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180413T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20180403T050050Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180403T230733Z
UID:2393-1523624400-1523638800@brown.stanford.edu
SUMMARY:Public Record Under Threat: News and the Archive in the Age of Digital Distribution
DESCRIPTION:Join Columbia University’s Tow Center for Digital Journalismand the Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Stanford University on April 13 for an afternoon conference on: Public Record Under Threat: News and the Archive in the Age of Digital Distribution. Panels will feature journalists\, technologists\, librarians\, and engineers who will discuss how they are preserving the first draft of history in an era of newsroom cutbacks\, ephemeral social media\, and disappearing data. Learn how newsrooms are handling the digitization of print content and the preservation of digital-born news. Who makes the decisions? What are the biggest challenges and how are news organizations solving them? The conversation will also address the importance of the public record and how reporters are using and thinking about archives\, as well as how their practices and policies will affect access to content in the future. \nApril 13\, 2018 \n1pm – 5pm \nOberndorf Event Center / 641 Knight Way
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/public-record-under-threat-news-and-the-archive-in-the-age-of-digital-distribution/
LOCATION:Oberndorf Event Center / 641 Knight Way\, 641 Knight Way\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Stanford":MAILTO:brown_institute@stanford.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180325T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180325T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20180307T192101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180307T233228Z
UID:2319-1521972000-1521997200@brown.stanford.edu
SUMMARY:Transparency Series Workshop: Augmented Reality
DESCRIPTION:The storytelling capacity with AR is enormous\, although the toolsets are still a bit hard to use. Join members from Etsy and the New York Times to get up-and-running with augmented reality\, and spend the day building a story prototype utilizing the technology. \nApply for the workshop
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/transparency-series-workshop-augmented-reality/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Trainings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180323T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180323T183000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20180307T191249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180307T191249Z
UID:2316-1521824400-1521829800@brown.stanford.edu
SUMMARY:Transparency Series Seminar: Augmented Reality
DESCRIPTION:This is perhaps our most experimental event in terms of “distance” from journalistic practice. Augmented reality (AR) provides a view of an event or phenomenon that is enhanced\, “augmented\,” with computer-generated elements\, perhaps responding to sensor input (sound\, video of the event\, GPS coordinates) or triggers computed through computer vision tools operating on the scene. A mobile device like a phone or a tablet are often the viewing portal for the augmented scene. Join us for a Friday evening seminar with Graham Roberts\, Director of Immersive Platforms Storytelling\, who will talk to the challenges and affordances of augmented reality in journalism.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/transparency-series-seminar-augmented-reality/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panels & Seminars
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180315T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180315T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20180308T175326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180308T175326Z
UID:2332-1521115200-1521133200@brown.stanford.edu
SUMMARY:Magic Grant Info Session - Stanford
DESCRIPTION:Please RSVP if planning to attend.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/magic-grant-info-session-stanford/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Stanford\, 355 Serra Mall\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305
CATEGORIES:Info Sessions
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Stanford":MAILTO:brown_institute@stanford.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180306T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180306T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20180212T212108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180212T212108Z
UID:2151-1520362800-1520368200@brown.stanford.edu
SUMMARY:Dean Baquet in Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join the Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Stanford University as we welcome New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet in a conversation on media\, the news\, and the state of journalism. \nTickets available via Eventbrite.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/dean-baquet-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Cubberley Auditorium\, 485 Lasuen Mall\, Stanford\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Media Innovators Speakers Series
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Stanford":MAILTO:brown_institute@stanford.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180305T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180305T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20180123T182537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180124T152823Z
UID:2114-1520242200-1520247600@brown.stanford.edu
SUMMARY:Magic Grant Information Session & Mixer (Columbia)
DESCRIPTION:Are you passionate about the role that emerging technologies can play in the future of media? Do you have a story that can only be told using technology outside the scope of traditional media? A Brown Institute Magic Grant might be for you. \nEstablished in 2012 as a collaboration between Columbia University’s Journalism School and Stanford’s School of Engineering\, Brown Institute Magic Grants seed innovation in the changing media landscape. \nMagic Grants provide year-long funding awards of up to $150\,000 ($300\,000 for teams with members of both the Columbia and Stanford communities). In addition to funding\, grantees have access to a distinguished advisory and mentoring group\, an extensive and inspiring alumni network. \nIf you’re interested in learning more about our Magic Grant offerings\, come to one of our upcoming information session where you can find out: \n\nThe types of projects we’re interested in supporting\nThe various types of support we offer to grantees & fellows\nEligibility guidelines\nHow our staff can help you develop your proposal\nHow to apply\n\nAt Columbia\, there will be sessions held on Monday\, January 29 at 1:00pm\, Friday February 16 at 5:00pm and Monday\, March 5 at 9:30am\, all held in the Brown Institute (Pulitzer Hall). We will also be announcing one-on-one office hours beginning in February on our website. \nRSVP at brwn.co/mar-mixer
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/magic-grant-information-session-mixer-columbia-3/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Receptions
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180303
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180305
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20180123T181601Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180123T181601Z
UID:2108-1520035200-1520207999@brown.stanford.edu
SUMMARY:Base Camp 2018
DESCRIPTION:The Brown Institute for Media Innovation invites you to apply to the Media Innovation Base Camp taking place on March 3-4\, 2018 at Stanford University. The Media Innovation Base Camp offers a great starting point for entrepreneurial students who want to explore the interplay between story and technology. All travel and lodging expenses will be covered by the Brown Institute. \nThe topic for Base Camp 2018 is Media Literacy and Transparency. We will assemble a cohort of up to 8 students from each campus who will work in mixed teams (with representation from both journalism and engineering) to address different aspects of this topic. In an era when Facebook can change its News Feed overnight\, or sites like Twitter allow coordinated activity to provide people outsized voices on the network\, the platforms many of us rely on for our news are fragile and easily gamed. What can we do to encourage a robust “media ecology”? How can we help people better understand the origins and truthfulness of the information they receive? \nOur goal at Base Camp is to introduce students to a design process\, with a goal of prototyping an new idea that might lead to a one-year “Magic Grant” project (read about the Brown Institute’s Magic Grant program here). Brown Institute Fellows\, industry experts\, and faculty will be on hand to provide feedback\, guidance\, and support. You don’t need to have a fleshed-out idea to apply for these events — the Base Camp is designed to give you space to develop your ideas collaboratively. That said\, you do need to demonstrate an expressed interest in the topic. \nSelected participants will partake in one or two small priming exercises prior to the event to help lay the groundwork for more informed interactions during the actual event. These could take the form of paired conversations via Skype or Hangout\, assigned readings or diarying exercises\, suggested museum or site visits\, or bicoastal lectures. \n2-Day Program Outline \nDay 1 – Morning: Group & Project Identification\nDay 1 – Afternoon: Prototyping\nDay 2 – Morning: Prototyping\nDay 2 – Afternoon: Project Presentations and Brown Institute Overview Presentation \nApplication Details \nIn your application\, you must provide the following: \n\nCurrent Résumé/CV\nAcademic Transcript (current for Stanford students; undergraduate for Columbia students)\nThe theme of this year’s Base Camp is “Media Literacy and Transparency.” Explain your interest in the topic. (500 word max)\nBase Camp is an exercise in interdisciplinary collaboration. Explain your experience and interest in working in multi-disciplinary teams. (300 word max)\n\nApplication Deadline: January 30\, 2018 \nApplications are holistically reviewed by a panel consisting of the Brown Institute staff and other faculty members\, a process that thoroughly considers each candidate’s interests\, academic qualifications\, and background/prior experiences. If you submit a project idea\, we will evaluate it as an example of your interests and your desire to collaborate.   \nApply at brwn.co/basecamp2018
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/base-camp-2018/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Stanford\, 355 Serra Mall\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305
CATEGORIES:Trainings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Stanford":MAILTO:brown_institute@stanford.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180301T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180301T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20180122T172117Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180122T172723Z
UID:2097-1519920000-1519923600@brown.stanford.edu
SUMMARY:Magic Grant Information Session (Stanford)
DESCRIPTION:Want to learn more about our Magic Grants? Come to one of our upcoming information sessions where you can find out: \n\nWhat kind of projects we funded in the past.\nWhat kind of projects we didn’t fund in the  past.\nHow our staff can help you develop your proposal.\nWhat our eligibility guidelines are.\nHow to apply.\n\nAt Stanford\, there will be sessions held on February 15 at 9 AM and March 1 at 4 PM\, both held in the Brown Institute (Gates 174). RSVP (or request a one-on-one meeting on an alternate date) here.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/2097/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Stanford\, 355 Serra Mall\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305
CATEGORIES:Panels & Seminars
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Stanford":MAILTO:brown_institute@stanford.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180226T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180226T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20180123T195044Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180123T195044Z
UID:2133-1519639200-1519646400@brown.stanford.edu
SUMMARY:Visual Language Workshop: Part III
DESCRIPTION:The Brown institute at Columbia will be offering a three-session workshop on Visual Language\, designed for journalism students to build vocabularies and practical skills around visual design through lectures\, discussions\, and hands-on sessions. You will walk away with a basic understanding of design principles and an overview of the graphics editor Adobe Illustrator. \nIn the workshop you will learn to communicate a piece of content clearly and effectively in type\, color and layout\, and recreate a piece of graphic from scratch with Illustrator. We will discuss questions such as – How to communicate without using the words and help viewers see the most important information? Here is the course outline: \nWeek 1 Design Principles\nMonday 2/5\, 10am-12pm\, Room 601A \n\nColor (color system and schemes\, color choices)\nTypography (fonts size\, weight\, style\, readability\, type choices)\nComposition (layout\, grid systems\, information hierarchy)\n\nWeek 2: Adobe Illustrator\nMonday 2/19\, 10am-12pm\, Room 601A \n\nRaster and vector\nInterface and workflow\nFormats (svg\, jpg and png)\nProduce graphic\n\nWeek 3: Work Session\nMonday 2/26\, 10am-12pm\, Room 601A \n\n\nBring your projects or questions \n\n\nThe workshop will take place in Room 601A on Mondays 2/5\, 2/19\, and 2/26 from 10am to 12pm (note there will be no session on 2/12). Please fill in your information using this link to sign-up\, contact Rosalie (hy2514@columbia.edu) if you have any further questions.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/visual-language-workshop-part-iii/
LOCATION:601A in Pulitzer Hall\, Columbia University\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10026\, United States
CATEGORIES:Trainings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180224T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180224T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20180123T194052Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180206T173239Z
UID:2125-1519466400-1519491600@brown.stanford.edu
SUMMARY:Transparency Series Workshop - Networks
DESCRIPTION:Graph databases are optimized for working with complex and connected data. Social media data is a great example of a complex dataset where the connections in the data are often as important as the discrete data points\, making it a great use case for applying network analysis using a graph database. \nIn this hands-on workshop we will cover how to model\, import and query Twitter data using the Neo4j graph database. We will focus on learning how network analysis can be applied to the data by using the property graph data model and Cypher\, the query language for graphs\, to write queries that can help find stories in the data. We will use a dataset of tweets from Twitter accounts tied to Russia that were released as part of the House Intelligence Committee investigation into Russia’s potential interference in the 2016 US election. \nWorkshop fascilitators: \nLars Nordwall: Lars is an entrepreneur and leader with a successful track record of building software and services companies. He has a unique sense of clarity how to identify a promising technology\, and how to transform it into a leading company. Track record includes senior leadership positions at Pentaho (sold to Hitachi for $600M)\, Cambridge Technology Partners (IPO\, market cap >$5B\, and later sold to Novell)\, SugarCRM (pre-IPO)\, and now Neo4j where he is the President & COO. Find him at www.linkedin.com/in/larsnordwall/ and @lnordwall \nWilliam Lyon: Will is a software engineer at Neo4j\, the open source graph database\, where he builds tools for integrating Neo4j with other technologies and helps developers be successful with graphs. Prior to Neo4j\, he worked as a software engineer for a variety of startups\, building APIs\, quantitative trading tools\, and mobile apps for iOS. William holds a master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Montana. You can find him online at lyonwj.com or @lyonwj \nJesús Barrasa: Jesús is an engineer based in London. He’s currently heading Neo4j’s\, Global Telecom Practice where his mission is to get all Telcos in the world getting value from graphs with Neo4j. He combines over 15 years of professional experience in consulting in the Information Management space. Prior to joining Neo Technology\, Jesús worked at Ontology (now EXFO) for seven years\, where he got the first-hand experience with large graph DB deployments in many successful projects for major Telecommunications companies all over the world. Jesús holds a PhD in Computer Science from the Technical University of Madrid\, where he carried out his research on graph data modeling and Semantic Technologies. He blogs at https://jesusbarrasa.wordpress.com/ and tweets occasionally at @BarrasaDV \nApply at http://transparency.brown.columbia.edu/networks
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/transparency-series-workshop-networks/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Trainings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180223T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180223T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20180123T185747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180206T173322Z
UID:2116-1519405200-1519405200@brown.stanford.edu
SUMMARY:Transparency Series Discussion - Networks
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening discussion between Kevin Connor\, LittleSis and Frederik Obermaier\, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist from Suddeutsche Zeitung. They will discuss networks and the role they can play in journalistic reporting and communication. \nData journalists often find that the complexity or the relationships between the various entities they are investigating force them out of simple data analysis techniques. Stories often reduce to figuring out “Who is connected to whom?”. While standard data tools (like relational databases) can be a good choice for some datasets\, connected data (such as company registries\, investor information\, and communication networks) can be difficult and cumbersome to work with. Data journalists today turn to new tools to gain deeper insight. Have you ever struggled with trying to make sense of a spreadsheet with a dozen tabs? If so\, then a graph database might be the tool you need to keep track of connections in your data.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/transparency-series-seminar-networks/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panels & Seminars
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180219T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180219T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20180123T195007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180123T195007Z
UID:2131-1519034400-1519041600@brown.stanford.edu
SUMMARY:Visual Language Workshop: Part II
DESCRIPTION:The Brown institute at Columbia will be offering a three-session workshop on Visual Language\, designed for journalism students to build vocabularies and practical skills around visual design through lectures\, discussions\, and hands-on sessions. You will walk away with a basic understanding of design principles and an overview of the graphics editor Adobe Illustrator. \nIn the workshop you will learn to communicate a piece of content clearly and effectively in type\, color and layout\, and recreate a piece of graphic from scratch with Illustrator. We will discuss questions such as – How to communicate without using the words and help viewers see the most important information? Here is the course outline: \nWeek 1 Design Principles\nMonday 2/5\, 10am-12pm\, Room 601A \n\nColor (color system and schemes\, color choices)\nTypography (fonts size\, weight\, style\, readability\, type choices)\nComposition (layout\, grid systems\, information hierarchy)\n\nWeek 2: Adobe Illustrator\nMonday 2/19\, 10am-12pm\, Room 601A \n\nRaster and vector\nInterface and workflow\nFormats (svg\, jpg and png)\nProduce graphic\n\nWeek 3: Work Session\nMonday 2/26\, 10am-12pm\, Room 601A \n\n\nBring your projects or questions \n\n\nThe workshop will take place in Room 601A on Mondays 2/5\, 2/19\, and 2/26 from 10am to 12pm (note there will be no session on 2/12). Please fill in your information using this link to sign-up\, contact Rosalie (hy2514@columbia.edu) if you have any further questions.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/visual-language-workshop-part-ii/
LOCATION:601A in Pulitzer Hall\, Columbia University\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10026\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180216T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180216T183000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20180123T182437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180123T193325Z
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SUMMARY:Magic Grant Information Session & Mixer (Columbia)
DESCRIPTION:Are you passionate about the role that emerging technologies can play in the future of media? Do you have a story that can only be told using technology outside the scope of traditional media? A Brown Institute Magic Grant might be for you. \nEstablished in 2012 as a collaboration between Columbia University’s Journalism School and Stanford’s School of Engineering\, Brown Institute Magic Grants seed innovation in the changing media landscape. \nMagic Grants provide year-long funding awards of up to $150\,000 ($300\,000 for teams with members of both the Columbia and Stanford communities). In addition to funding\, grantees have access to a distinguished advisory and mentoring group\, an extensive and inspiring alumni network. \nIf you’re interested in learning more about our Magic Grant offerings\, come to one of our upcoming information session where you can find out: \n\nThe types of projects we’re interested in supporting\nThe various types of support we offer to grantees & fellows\nEligibility guidelines\nHow our staff can help you develop your proposal\nHow to apply\n\nAt Columbia\, there will be sessions held on Monday\, January 29 at 1:00pm\, Friday February 16 at 5:00pm and Monday\, March 5 at 9:30am\, all held in the Brown Institute (Pulitzer Hall). We will also be announcing one-on-one office hours beginning in February on our website. \nRSVP at brwn.co/feb-mixer
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/magic-grant-information-session-mixer-columbia-2/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Receptions
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180215T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180215T100000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20180118T223211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180122T172652Z
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SUMMARY:Magic Grant Information Session (Stanford)
DESCRIPTION:Want to learn more about our Magic Grants? Come to one of our upcoming information session where you can find out: \n\nWhat kind of projects we funded in the past.\nWhat kind of projects we didn’t fund in the past.\nHow our staff can help you develop your proposal.\nWhat our eligibility guidelines are.\nHow to apply.\n\nAt Stanford\, there will be sessions held on February 15 at 9 AM and March 1 at 4 PM\, both held in the Brown Institute (Gates 174).  RSVP (or request a one-on-one meeting if you’re unavailable on these dates) here.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/magic-grant-information-session-stanford/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Stanford\, 355 Serra Mall\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305
CATEGORIES:Panels & Seminars
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Stanford":MAILTO:brown_institute@stanford.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180213T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180213T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20180122T174159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180129T211134Z
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SUMMARY:"Muddied Waters: Online rumors\, conspiracy theories and disinformation in the context of crisis response"
DESCRIPTION:Kate Starbird \nAssistant Professor\, Human Centered Design & Engineering\nUniversity of Washington\n(RSVP) \nSocial media are now an established feature of crisis response. People—including emergency responders\, members of the affected community\, and remote onlookers—are repeatedly turning to platforms such as Facebook\, Twitter and Snapchat to seek and share information about crisis events. However\, there remain significant challenges to the utility of social media in this context—including rumors and misinformation. Over the last few years\, my collaborators and I have conducted extensive research on online rumoring during crisis events\, in part focused on how rumors are corrected (or not). Recently\, our work has revealed how a specific subsection of the alternative media ecosystem facilitates the spread of disinformation—in the form of conspiracy theories or “alternative narratives” about crisis events—via social media. This disinformation is often employed as part of a political agenda and poses new information security risks. In this talk\, I’ll present some of the most significant findings of our research on rumoring\, rumor correcting\, and the intentional spread of disinformation online during crisis events and discuss some of the implications—for emergency responders\, technology builders\, and society at large.\n\nKate Starbird is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) at the University of Washington (UW). Kate’s research is situated within human-computer interaction (HCI) and the emerging field of crisis informatics—the study of the how information-communication technologies (ICTs) are used during crisis events. One aspect of her research focuses on how online rumors spread—and how online rumors are corrected—during natural disasters and man-made crisis events. More recently\, she has begun exploring the propagation of disinformation and political propaganda through online spaces. Kate earned her PhD from the University of Colorado at Boulder in Technology\, Media and Society and holds a BS in Computer Science from Stanford University.\nLoading…
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/muddied-waters-online-rumors-conspiracy-theories-and-disinformation-in-the-context-of-crisis-response/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Stanford\, 355 Serra Mall\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305
CATEGORIES:Media Innovators Speakers Series
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Stanford":MAILTO:brown_institute@stanford.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180205T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180205T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20180123T194846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180123T194846Z
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SUMMARY:Visual Language Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Brown institute at Columbia will be offering a three-session workshop on Visual Language\, designed for journalism students to build vocabularies and practical skills around visual design through lectures\, discussions\, and hands-on sessions. You will walk away with a basic understanding of design principles and an overview of the graphics editor Adobe Illustrator. \nIn the workshop you will learn to communicate a piece of content clearly and effectively in type\, color and layout\, and recreate a piece of graphic from scratch with Illustrator. We will discuss questions such as – How to communicate without using the words and help viewers see the most important information? Here is the course outline: \nWeek 1 Design Principles\nMonday 2/5\, 10am-12pm\, Room 601A \n\nColor (color system and schemes\, color choices)\nTypography (fonts size\, weight\, style\, readability\, type choices)\nComposition (layout\, grid systems\, information hierarchy)\n\nWeek 2: Adobe Illustrator\nMonday 2/19\, 10am-12pm\, Room 601A \n\nRaster and vector\nInterface and workflow\nFormats (svg\, jpg and png)\nProduce graphic\n\nWeek 3: Work Session\nMonday 2/26\, 10am-12pm\, Room 601A \n\n\nBring your projects or questions \n\n\nThe workshop will take place in Room 601A on Mondays 2/5\, 2/19\, and 2/26 from 10am to 12pm (note there will be no session on 2/12). Please fill in your information using this link to sign-up\, contact Rosalie (hy2514@columbia.edu) if you have any further questions.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/visual-language-workshop/
LOCATION:601A in Pulitzer Hall\, Columbia University\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10026\, United States
CATEGORIES:Trainings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180129T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180129T143000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20180123T182309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180123T193352Z
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SUMMARY:Magic Grant Information Session & Mixer (Columbia)
DESCRIPTION:Are you passionate about the role that emerging technologies can play in the future of media? Do you have a story that can only be told using technology outside the scope of traditional media? A Brown Institute Magic Grant might be for you. \nEstablished in 2012 as a collaboration between Columbia University’s Journalism School and Stanford’s School of Engineering\, Brown Institute Magic Grants seed innovation in the changing media landscape. \nMagic Grants provide year-long funding awards of up to $150\,000 ($300\,000 for teams with members of both the Columbia and Stanford communities). In addition to funding\, grantees have access to a distinguished advisory and mentoring group\, an extensive and inspiring alumni network. \nIf you’re interested in learning more about our Magic Grant offerings\, come to one of our upcoming information session where you can find out: \n\nThe types of projects we’re interested in supporting\nThe various types of support we offer to grantees & fellows\nEligibility guidelines\nHow our staff can help you develop your proposal\nHow to apply\n\nAt Columbia\, there will be sessions held on Monday\, January 29 at 1:00pm\, Friday February 16 at 5:00pm and Monday\, March 5 at 9:30am\, all held in the Brown Institute (Pulitzer Hall). We will also be announcing one-on-one office hours beginning in February on our website. \nRSVP at brwn.co/jan-mixer
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/magic-grant-information-session-mixer-columbia/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Receptions
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171202T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171202T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20170918T215826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170918T220337Z
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SUMMARY:Transparency Series Workshop - Climate Change
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday of our exploration into the climate change beat\, we will survey the current landscape of reporting on climate change\, and look to the tools\, data and resources that exist for reporters trying to write about the topic. In three consecutive sessions\, students will be paired with PhD students in Columbia’s Environmental Science program to come up with pitches of their own — new stories to contextualize the impacts of climate change. \nSaturday’s workshop is capped at 24 students and an application will be posted a few weeks prior to the event.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/transparency-series-workshop-climate-change/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Trainings
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171201T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171201T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20170918T220242Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170918T220242Z
UID:1570-1512147600-1512151200@brown.stanford.edu
SUMMARY:Transparency Series Seminar - Climate Change
DESCRIPTION:Food production. Transportation. Energy usage. Critical infrastructure. Climate change is affecting almost every aspect of our lives. But reporting on climate is challenging\, and many journalists feel uncomfortable engaging the topic outside an environmental beat. The subject can be technical\, supported by data and models\, some of which do not agree.  \nJoin us for a Friday evening discussion where we shift our focus on climate change to structural inequalities.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/transparency-series-seminar-climate-change/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panels & Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171130T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171130T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192951
CREATED:20171117T174549Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171130T200429Z
UID:2045-1512064800-1512072000@brown.stanford.edu
SUMMARY:Are Troll Armies Killing Free Speech?
DESCRIPTION:In his essay for the Knight Institute’s Emerging Threats series\, Columbia Law School’s Tim Wu observes that some of the forces undermining contemporary political discourse — such as “troll armies\,” “flooding\,” and propaganda robots — may be beyond the reach of traditional free speech protections. In a conversation co-hosted by the Knight Institute and the Brown Institute at Columbia Journalism School\, Wu will be joined by Julia Angwin\, ProPublica\, and David Pozen\, Columbia Law Professor\, for a conversation exploring how to respond to these new threats. \nWatch Live \nProgram: 6:00 p.m.\nReception: 7:15 p.m. \nFeaturing: \nJulia Angwin\, Investigative Journalist\, ProPublica\nTim Wu\, Professor\, Columbia Law School\, and contributing writer\, The New York Times\nDavid Pozen\, Professor\, Columbia Law School and visiting scholar\, Knight First Amendment Institute\nJameel Jaffer\, Executive Director\, Knight First Amendment Institute\nMark Hansen\, Director\, Brown Institute for Media Innovation\, Columbia Journalism School \nTo RSVP – Email info@knightcolumbia.org; subject “RSVP to Are Troll Armies Killing Free Speech” \n 
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/are-troll-armies-killing-free-speech/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panels & Seminars
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
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